The winter holidays are prime time for low room rates, and this year is no exception. Last week, Las Vegas Advisor researchers canvassed every casino in town, looking for the best leads on lodging in December. These rates were available either through casino websites, third-party reservation services or reservation codes at LasVegasAdvisor.com.

Summertime in Las Vegas traditionally means low room rates, and this summer is no different. A survey conducted last week turned up 52 hotel-casinos with rates of $50 and below, four more than last year.

Four former O.J. Simpson co-defendants who took plea deals and testified against the former football star were sentenced Tuesday to probation for their roles in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.

A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to as much as 33 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity." The 61-year-old football Hall of Famer stood shackled and stone-faced when Judge Jackie Glass quickly rattled off his punishment soon after he made a rambling, five-minute plea for leniency, choking back tears as he told her: "I didn't want to steal anything from anyone. ... I'm sorry, sorry."

O.J. Simpson was sentenced to as much as 33 years in prison Friday for kidnapping, armed robbery and other convictions stemming from a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers. Prosecutors and defense attorneys said Simpson would have to serve at least nine years before becoming eligible for parole.